Louisville football lands tackle Danny Burns from Ohio

6:29 PM,
Jun. 27, 2013

Danny Burns

Written by

Steve Jones
| The Courier-Journal

Tall, well-regarded Cincinnati-area offensive tackle Danny Burns committed to the University of Louisville football team on Thursday during a visit to the campus - the Cardinals' second pledge in 24 hours.

Burns, a 6-foot-7½ ,320-pound player for Fairfield High School, is rated three-stars by Rivals.com and ranked as the nation's No. 32 tackle. That site ranks him as the No. 23 overall prospect in Ohio in the 2014 class.

"A lot of guys you hear listed as 6-7, and when they see him he's 6-5," Fairfield coach Jason Krause said. "Danny is legitimately 6-7 ½. ? He is very flexible, very agile and ...